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Re:Spotify is letting employees work from anywhere while pay... by ironmagma on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:27AM (#26143572)
However, a company that was previously land-restricted to only the 98th percentile (top 2% minus top 1%) now has access to the top 1% and will be trying to compete, so there are actually more jobs available at the top.
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Re:Spotify is letting employees work from anywhere while pay... by rightbyte on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:48AM (#26143802)
You are forgetting that for each "land restricted" company that had 0% 99th percentile hires locally available there was x companies having more % somewhere else for it to eventually be an distribution.

There is no way you can filter out top 1/100 candidates anyway.

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Re:Spotify is letting employees work from anywhere while pay... by ironmagma on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:14AM (#26144048)
All that implies is that the number of top 1% candidates remains constant. Of course it does. Some companies had more than they needed, but if you take luxury away from a man, he will seek it out because he is used to it.
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